There is always something exciting about seeing your first star in the dimness of early evening. Then, as more and more dot the sky, you are filled with wonder and amazement. What is this sparkling universe that seems to appear as if by magic?
Some of those stars seem bigger and brighter than others. Seven mark off the picture of a great dipper in the sky. And across the heavens you see a parading mass of stars that you know must be the Milky Way.
What is the story of the stars? Why do they seem to change from night to night? What do they tell of the world of space about which we hear so much today?
In All About the Stars Anne Terry White answers these questions and many more. Simply and beautifully she tells the story of the stars as they are seen and understood by the scientists on our spinning earth. She tells of that giant star the sun, of hairy stars and shooting stars, of the wandering stars or planets, of the strange force of gravity that keeps the stars whirling in their courses, of the eclipses of the sun and moon. She explains the invention of the telescope and the revolution it brought in our scientific thinking. She considers the possibility of space travel and the discovery of other worlds of men.
To read All About the Stars is to explore the beauties of the heavens and the wonders of our universe.
—from the dust jacket
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